CHAPTER SEVEN † DEFENSEI STOOD BY my bedroom window in the darkness. The snow fell in soft flurries on the other side. It was a welcome change from the sheets of the last
week. I placed my hand flat against the windowpane, not feeling the cold. Moisture condensed around my palm, creating a ghost of an outline. I hadn’t felt the cold since I left Yana and her
too tempting offer. My bare feet had gone numb hours ago when I stripped to nothing but my thermal leggings and ribbed shirt.
Yes hovered on the tip of my tongue. I inhaled and held my breath until my lungs ached. On the exhale, I wondered if saying no would change anything. If I accepted the offer, I could travel the
world with a rock band. How cool would that be? Yet, something inside me hesitated. Maybe the impulse to run away f
